Using the New Oxford
Thesaurus of English
Input a word in this Thesaurus to find its synonyms, as well as antonyms and other related terms in the detail view.
Looking up a word (Filter search)
Find a set of related words by inputting the spelling of a given word.
<Example>
Find a set of relative words for ‘make’.
1.Press tto open the New Oxford Thesaurus of English.
The spelling input screen of the Thesaurus appears.
2.Input ‘make’.
As you type, options are narrowed. If the desired word is found, then you do not need to type any more letters.
3.While ‘
’ appears on the left of ‘make’, press e. The detail view of the word ‘make’ appears.
•To browse contents on the next/ previous page, press }{or > <. You may also find the Quick View function useful.
•To search a word in the detail view, use the Super Jump function.
•Press fto return to the previous screen.
•Press ^lto list the headwords in the New Oxford Thesaurus of English.
•To search a different word, simply begin inputting a new word, or press b or tto go to the input screen of the New Oxford Thesaurus of English.
If there is no match found
The same view / message appears as for the Oxford Dictionary of English. See page 14 for details.
Note about entering characters
While entering characters, exclude characters such as spaces, hyphens, apostrophes, slashes, and periods. See page 12 for details.
Note:
•Up to 24 characters can be entered in the input field. When searching words containing 25 characters or more, narrow down the search to select the words from the list manually.
Browsing Notes
When the 
icons appear in the detail view, a note can be selected and browsed. For details, refer to page
Note:
•In many cases, the 
icon only appears at the bottom of an entry, but contains important information about usage of the headword as a whole. If unsure about usage, scroll down to the bottom of the entry to access any relevant notes.
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